Stolen Kisses: Homosexual Love in Fascist Italy
2021Through letters, diaries and personal testimonies, an account of the complexity and variety of experiences of LGBT Italians during the Fascist dictatorship of Benito Mussolini (1922-43); intimate words that contrast with the lyrics of popular songs and the propaganda of the time, obsessed with extolling the myths of virility, femininity and motherhood and constrained by sexual repression.
Acted in
Luca Ward
as The Scientist
Francesco Baj
as Sailor (voice)
Stefano Brusa
as Soldier #1 (voice)
Fabrizio Bucci
as Raimondo (voice)
Daniela Calò
as Maria (voice)
Alessandro Cappa
as Giovanni Comisso (voice)
Marco Fumarola
as Police Officer (voice)
Stefano Macchi
as Soldier #2 (voice)
Andrea Moretti
as Mogliana Youth (voice)
Corrado Oddi
as Filippo de Pisis (voice)
Rocco Tedeschi
as Ottone Rosai (voice)
Valentina Cervi
as Additional Voice (voice)
Sabrina Impacciatore
as Additional Voice (voice)
Neri Marcorè
as Additional Voice (voice)
Gianni Rossi Barilli
as Self - Journalist
Francesco Gnerre
as Self - Professor
Giovanni Dall'Orto
as Self - Historian
Dario Petrosino
as Self - Historian
Silvia Mazzoleni
as Self - Teacher
Marzio Govoni
as Self - Collector
Alberto Lenzi
as Self - Collector
Riccardo Esposito
as Self - Book Publisher
Ausilia Veneruso
as Self - Book Publisher
Marcela Leone de Andreis
as Self - Historian
Margherita Giacobino
as Self - Writer
Paolo Hutter
as Self - Journalist (voice) (archive footage)
Benito Mussolini
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Sandro Penna
as Self - Poet (archive footage)
Filippo de Pisis
as Self - Poet (archive footage)